Habibganj police have nabbed a 19-year-old girl trying to escape with jewellery worth Rs 2.5 lakh at 10 no. stop; accused used to work as domestic help at victim’s house.
Police said that the accused Shama alias Seema Atule was nabbed at around 3:00 am on Tuesday and she was detained to ask about her been outside late in the night but when she was searched valuables were recovered from her possession.
Investigating officer ASI VP Vishwakarma said that the accused girl was spotted by two police personnel patrolling at Arera Colony and soon he was informed and to avert any untoward incident with the girl she was detained and asked but in the investigation it was found that the girl was
escaping after stealing diamond and gold jewelry from the victim’s house where she works as domestic help.
The victim Sunil Agnihotri owns a warehouse in Mandideep and had gone to Mandideep in the morning and was informed in the morning as he was not aware that the accused has stolen the valuables. She used to work for the past two years and victim deployed her for taking care of her daughter. The accused is a resident of Khandwa.
On November 19 the accused stole the jewelry and kept it in her room provided by the victim and she planned to escape with the jewelry on Sunday but was nabbed.
After the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 381 of the IPC and have started further investigation.